US Edition
DOJ charges seven Chinese nationals in multi-million dollar marijuana trafficking ring
MASSACHUSETTS, JUL 7 – The indicted group allegedly smuggled Chinese workers into grow houses and laundered millions in drug profits through luxury purchases, authorities said.
- Seven Chinese nationals have been charged in a multimillion-dollar marijuana trafficking organization operating in the U.S. Northeast.
- These individuals allegedly smuggled other Chinese nationals into the U.S. to work at marijuana grow houses, significantly profiting from sales.
- Prosecutors indicated that Jianxiong Chen, the ringleader, is charged with multiple counts, including money laundering conspiracy, bringing aliens into the United States, and marijuana distribution.
- Authorities arrested six of the defendants while searching homes, seizing large amounts of cash and marijuana.
18 Articles
18 Articles
Seven Chinese nationals indicted by feds for suspected ties to illegal cannabis grow houses, human trafficking
Six men were arrested and one remains wanted after a federal investigation into a ring of Chinese-run cannabis grow houses across Maine and Massachusetts that investigators say uncovered widespread human trafficking and money laundering.
Seven Chinese nationals charged in multimillion-dollar marijuana trafficking operation
Seven Chinese nationals living in Massachusetts have been charged in connection with a multimillion-dollar drug-trafficking organization that allegedly grew and distributed marijuana across the U.S. Northeast.
Seven charged as part of multi-million dollar money laundering, drug trafficking operation in Braintree, feds say
Six people from China have been arrested on allegations that they smuggled people into the United States to work at illegal marijuana grow houses in Massachusetts and Maine, federal prosecutors said Tuesday. A seventh person remains at large.
Feds take down Chinese-operated grow home network in Massachusetts, Maine
An alleged network of interconnected grow houses in Massachusetts and Maine that Chinese nationals operated to cultivate and distribute marijuana is no more after authorities arrested the men behind the “sprawling criminal enterprise.” Seven Chinese nationals have been indicted in connection with what the feds describe as a “multi-million-dollar conspiracy to cultivate and distribute marijuana across the Northeast.” The group is accused of smugg…
Coverage Details
Bias Distribution
- 45% of the sources are Center, 45% of the sources lean Right
To view factuality data please Upgrade to Premium
